High Interest Non-Fiction Books for Struggling Readers
Help me give my students high interest non-fiction and historical fiction books that meet them at their reading levels and represent the diversity we see in our school, while still building their reading ability.
Our school is a Title I school with high poverty and high trauma rates. We have over 720 students who face issues daily that no child should ever have to endure.
Despite these obstacles, the students are hard-working and determined to succeed so they can better their situations.
My Project
My project contains books for our school library that students can check out and take home. We are in need of high-interest nonfiction and historical fiction books for our junior high students. We have over 720 students that all come from very diverse backgrounds.
We have a high population of ELL students who have limited English and students who are struggling readers.
These books will help build their reading comprehension levels, which is a huge struggle with nonfiction texts, while still giving them books that have topics in which they are interested.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Series 1-9
• Amazon Business
$130.00
1
$130.00
Forensics: Uncover the Science and Technology of Crime Scene Investigation
• Amazon Business
$21.95
2
$43.90
History's Mysteries: Freaky Phenomena: Curious Clues, Cold Cases, and Puzzles From the Past
• Amazon Business
$19.66
2
$39.32
History's Mysteries: Legends and Lore
• Amazon Business
$18.83
2
$37.66
Great Escapes #5: Terror in the Tower of London
• Amazon Business
$16.99
2
$33.98
Survivors of the Holocaust: (A Graphic Novel)
• Amazon Business
$15.08
2
$30.16
History's Mysteries: Curious Clues, Cold Cases, and Puzzles From the Past (National Geographic Kids)
• Amazon Business
$14.99
2
$29.98
The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History
• Amazon Business
$24.99
1
$24.99
World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb
• Amazon Business
$24.99
1
$24.99
Knowledge Encyclopedia Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen it Before
• Amazon Business
$22.49
1
$22.49
They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition
• Amazon Business
$21.99
1
$21.99
Great Escapes #4: Survival in the Wilderness
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant (Epic Athletes, 8)
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Great Escapes #2: Journey to Freedom, 1838
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$16.99
1
$16.99
Great Escapes #1: Nazi Prison Camp Escape
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Great Escapes #3: Civil War Breakout
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Great Escapes #6: Across the Minefields
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$16.99
1
$16.99
Epic Athletes: Zion Williamson (Epic Athletes, 10)
• Amazon Business
$16.60
1
$16.60
Epic Athletes: Serena Williams (Epic Athletes, 3)
• Amazon Business
$15.74
1
$15.74
It's a Numbers Game! Baseball: The math behind the perfect pitch, the game-winning grand slam, and so much more!
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan (Epic Athletes, 2)
• Amazon Business
$14.82
1
$14.82
Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi (Epic Athletes, 6)
• Amazon Business
$13.14
1
$13.14
My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List: A Girl on Schindler's List
• Amazon Business
$12.89
1
$12.89
The Comic Book Story of Basketball: A Fast-Break History of Hoops
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$12.69
1
$12.69
Don't Read This Book Before Bed: Thrills, Chills, and Hauntingly True Stories
• Amazon Business
$12.60
1
$12.60
Salt In His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
• Amazon Business
$12.29
1
$12.29
Baseball Biographies for Kids: The Greatest Players from the 1960s to Today (Biographies of Today’s Best Players)
• Amazon Business
$11.69
1
$11.69
Historic Battles from World War II for Kids: 15 Battles from Europe and the Pacific
• Amazon Business
$11.69
1
$11.69
Interesting Stories For Curious People Volume 2: A Collection of Captivating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Anything in Between
• Amazon Business
$11.40
1
$11.40
Epic Athletes: Tom Brady (Epic Athletes, 4)
• Amazon Business
$11.39
1
$11.39
Epic Athletes: LeBron James (Epic Athletes, 5)
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry (Epic Athletes, 1)
• Amazon Business
$10.00
1
$10.00
Epic Athletes: Patrick Mahomes (Epic Athletes, 9)
• Amazon Business
$9.86
1
$9.86
Spies, Code Breakers, and Secret Agents: A World War II Book for Kids (Spies in History for Kids)
• Amazon Business
$9.40
1
$9.40
How to Survive Anything: Shark Attack, Lightning, Embarrassing Parents, Pop Quizzes, and Other Perilous Situations (National Geographic Kids)
• Amazon Business
$8.79
1
$8.79
The Girl Who Owned a City
• Amazon Business
$8.59
1
$8.59
Interesting Stories For Curious People: A Collection of Fascinating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Just About Anything Else You Can Think of
• Amazon Business
$8.19
1
$8.19
Materials cost
$779.15
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$63.50
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.69
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$884.34
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$156.06
Total project goal
$1,040.40
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,040.40
8 Donors
-$343.86
Donations toward project cost
-$299.78
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$44.08
match offer
-$687.72
Match offer toward project cost
-$584.56
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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